IP infringement and enforcement
Attitudes and Behaviours of Consumers in the Digital Age: Policy Bulletin
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy proposes a new framework for looking at the consumption decisions made by consumers. This interdisciplinary conceptual framework views all types of consumer behaviour, both legal and illegal, as a rational response to a particular set of choices.
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): SABIP
Challenges Affecting the Use and Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights
Major issues and challenges in the field of enforcement and litigation are outlined and a summary of important theoretical and empirical results is given. Prepared for the UK IP Ministerial Forum on the Economic Value of IP, 10 June 2009.
Commissioned
by: IPO; SABIP
Date
published: May 2009
Author(s): Dietmar Harhoff
Changing Attitudes and Behaviour in the 'Non-Internet' Digital World and their Implications for Intellectual Property
A review of changing attitudes and behaviour towards non-internet sharing of digital media. The report identifies a new framework for looking at the consumption decisions made by consumers.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: January 2010
Author(s): BOP Consulting
© The Way Ahead: A Strategy for Copyright in the Digital Age
This work looks ahead to how copyright can tackle the challenges of the digital age, drawing on previous work including Digital Britain and the Gowers Review of Intellectual Property, on international perspectives and views from stakeholders.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): BIS, IPO
Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour in the Digital Age: Research Options
In early 2010, BOP Consulting was commissioned to identify relevant research options available to generate longitudinal data about consumer attitudes and behaviour. This short report sets out BOP’s proposals and provides indicative timescales and costs.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): BOP Consulting
Fake Nation? A Study into Everyday Crime
This publication details the background, empirical and analytical research undertaken during the Intellectual Property Theft and Organised Crime (IPTOC) project and provides a robust insight into contemporary consumption of counterfeit/pirated goods and illegal downloading.
Commissioned by: UK Patent Office (now IPO), Organised Crime Task Force (OCTF), British Video Association (BVA), British Phonographic Industry (BPI), Business Software Alliance (BSA), Entertainment & Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), Federation Against Copyright Theft (FACT)
Date published: 2005
Author(s): Dr Jo Bryce, Dr Jason Rutter
Future Copyright Development
This project engaged rights holders and users in a review of the copyright system to help set an agenda for future copyright policy.
Commissioned by: IPO, COI
Date
published: May 2009
Author(s): BMRB Social Research
Google Books - A Policy Panel Event
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy organised a panel debate in February 2010 to discuss the issues raised by the proposed Google Books settlement. It was attended by representatives from Google, authors, publishers, the EC, and a wide array of stakeholders from the UK creative community.
Date published: July 2010
Author(s): SABIP
The Hidden Marketplace - Protecting Intellectual Property in the Workplace
Research into IP infringement in the workplace: awareness, attitudes and enforcement.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: December 2008
Author(s): Patricia Lennon
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson, 30 October 2009
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Intellectual Property Enforcement in Smaller UK firms
Research into the attitudes and practices of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and micro firms with regard to the enforcement of intellectual property, as well as the cost implications of the present IP enforcement system in the UK. Uses both an online survey and a phone survey, and information on Patents and Registered Design cases listed for hearings in the Patents Court from 2003 to 2009.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: October 2010
Author(s): Christine Greenhalgh, Jeremy Phillips, Robert Pitkethly, Mark Rogers
IP Enforcement in the UK and Beyond: A Literature Review
The focus of this review is the literature on civil enforcement of IP and the behaviour of firms in using and enforcing IP rights.
Commissioned by: SABIP
Date
published: May 2009
Author(s): Ms Kimberlee Weatherall (University of Queensland), Associate Professor Elizabeth Webster (University of Melbourne and IPRIA), Professor Lionel Bently (University of Cambridge).
Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition
An analysis of the recent evolution of patent backlogs and assessment of the impact that patent backlogs may have on the patent system, incentives to innovate and the economy. Further information can be found on our Patent Backlogs and Mutual Recognition pages of our website.
Commissioned
by: IPO
Date published: January 2010
Author(s): London Economics
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) 2009-10 Annual Report
The Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy
(SABIP) was established in June 2008, as an advisory Non-Departmental Public Body. SABIP's objective was to give Ministers and the Chief Executive of the IPO independent policy advice
based on solid evidence.
The report covers the period from
1 April 2009 to 30 July 2010 when SABIP was dissolved.
Commissioned
by: SABIP
Date published: 2011
Author(s): SABIP
Sprucing up Patent Law
This paper focusses on UK patent law, mainly the Patents Act 1977, but its comments may apply elsewhere too. The essay examines how patents should reward the right activity, under the right conditions, to the right extent, and with the right level of enforcement.
Commissioned by: SABIP
Date published: 2010
Author(s): David Vaver
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 1 Copyright and Design Rights Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 2 Patent Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP
Submission to Lord Justice Jackson: Annex 3 Trade Marks Survey
Following a submission by the Strategic Advisory Board for Intellectual Property Policy (SABIP) to Lord Justice Jackson's Review of Civil Litigation Costs, SABIP commissioned three surveys to examine the evidence on a number of selected issues related to the IP enforcement system in the UK.
Date published: October 2009
Author(s): SABIP